プロセッサパフォーマンスが、際限なく成長し続けるかに見えた時代は終わった。シングルチップのアーキテクチャは、もはや消費電力や発熱によって強いられるパフォーマンスの限界を乗り越えることは出来ない。今では、Intel社他の半導体メーカーは高速シングルプロセッサモデルを断念、1つのパッケージに2つ以上のプロセッサが結合したマルチコアマイクロプロセッサチップが主流になっている。『Computer Architecture』第4版では、執筆者たちがこの歴史に残る推移に焦点をあて、マルチプロセッサ関連記事を増やし、マルチプロセッサアーキテクチャの実力発揮の鍵となる並列処理を実現するための最も効果的な方法を模索している。加えて、処理能力、確実性、有用性、信頼性を含むプロセッサパフォーマンスにとどまらず、最新のデザイン性の話題を広く扱っている。
本書の特徴
・マルチプロセッサの並列処理の実現に関する、より広くなったカバレッジ。
・Sun社のNiagaraマルチプロセッサ、AMD社のOpteronおよびPentium 4を含む、業界の最新テクノロジーにおけるケーススタディ。
・巻末付録のレビュー3点では、本文理解に必要な初級および中級者向の原理を再確認。
・CDには8点の参考資料が収められ、特定アーキテクチャ、組み込みシステム、用途にあわせたプリケーションプロセッサを含む一連の話題を提供しており、中にはその方面における専門家が執筆したものもある。
The era of seemingly unlimited growth in processor performance is over: single chip architectures can no longer overcome the performance limitations imposed by the power they consume and the heat they generate. Today, Intel and other semiconductor firms are abandoning the single fast processor model in favor of multi-core microprocessors--chips that combine two or more processors in a single package. In the fourth edition of
Computer Architecture, the authors focus on this historic shift, increasing their coverage of multiprocessors and exploring the most effective ways of achieving parallelism as the key to unlocking the power of multiple processor architectures. Additionally, the new edition has expanded and updated coverage of design topics beyond processor performance, including power, reliability, availability, and dependability.
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Increased coverage on achieving parallelism with multiprocessors.
Case studies of latest technology from industry including the Sun Niagara Multiprocessor, AMD Opteron, and Pentium 4.
Three review appendices, included in the printed volume, review the basic and intermediate principles the main text relies upon.
Eight reference appendices, collected on the CD, cover a range of topics including specific architectures, embedded systems, application specific processors--some guest authored by subject experts.